The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-30
ADIFFEaHNgE N nEaREE ONlY.
How Gen. hlsholls and iotEn Fitzpatrick
souahi C Have Tire Friends Of Coy.
Wiz Tuned 0at 81 0dfoe.

New 0rissna states.
tits historical that before their eieeiiun q
F35vsrlfar and Lieutenant tsqveIIlor Iest
ively. Irufs AZ Wiz and s, ID. slcBlaegs
lhad bseH ii not rivals, surely pIosiotlllsss
lattsEonistE, IN politics. hslgfe ~ 49, -
had elapsed, at Close contAss is.5 1900,
whom, both officially and pefs0llhA4 p IL. tiisle
1 TfiptCti 3 effaeb confidence and rompiste ae-
Ono f.tef1il night in October, 1881, Coy.
I Witt, after long Illness. was lfeat1lng NJ
I lasf Among tho sOrroWinE trienus VINO
visited him then 10 bid him the as SAD iate-
/ wei Wa Lieut.. Gov Mctne1y- AA no va
] returning heules with heart oppressed Win
/ cotton al his friends Inipanuliig ana J sssIS
uutIEnely dasfii and with InlIlg8t soil titsti
with deep syzapathy ior ms g6lels s,ll,, i
/ the terrible pathes Of death+hefl 1870 i.
4 Bloilnery was roughly cruelty, 1ItLsAlis
! slJoaked BIZ a MANS gieeful e1clanlatiolis ~
! he prssped his sarnls An ! NigFeEnotl tls.at
/ fellow Wilt Nill die t0-nlgi1t; now 2 cur
j chapogi You must kick all his friends Out
I OF office and appGint ours y -
i THAT man WAS he Of tine big toIri' tlts
1 frlIsst fyps hi tie ward politician, the pei
/ feet ideal Of that character Of Raru WQIlteI
| whose selfish and devious lAhors are pefeIl-
NAL, whose ellaIity Is measured p w esis
4 Il may bring. While other men' ahsoTbeq
4 III productive, honorable aVoeltlonss thlllA
/ periodically only Of politics, when eleelapils
1 arc near, he, 1oziiy fixed ~ some payiilE
| Office, which he-apprnprlAies To ms pftFake
| lse PIER yrestfBg7it from the peop lethrotlgh
TIE stilflilR of baiIut-bu&es and other nletli-
DDS peculiar to his tribe, Is year In anu 5sat
out sclemtEg, otting Collecting 5fislsIf3 :,
/ ton papers, treating gangs 81 hooliinab e
/ beer. and otherwise preparing Tor tue nostt
| Tour wears TO come electlQn, Inns n LOSS
4 John Fitzpatriek. -.
ing rebuke. turned his back on the man WHO
lthus, with gh0ullsh BugRsshunB, had Cd
ltruded upon las s0rrOYful uledltations;
4 Not quitaa enc month after thl5 nsty eplII
4 rtEft3GFHf1
| the rtins fallen from the hands OF ms Qea1
/ friend, yet Rearee eold ia his grave reeeiyea
letters from . lilgIl parsonage sollcitIng Win
| Terms Of refined courtesy the very thing Pas
4 antipode, John FttzpatIlclL had Wit crude
uutatoreti tone demapdeci
! These letters were from q patriot with lame
iRdelibly inscribed in the military Annals. %
our todteoeragN; spldler whose .elolltlet .
certificate of duty well performed was heRp
/ Onto Of his own devoted person by shot anu
shell; a politician once rhls5u 70 toe hlglles'
State office IN a wltrlwind OF enthusiasm
ereated in theEoui8pf O nuufberot llsielEoF-
4 citizens in convention assembled By the II1Ere
mention Of has glorious wounds. These LAY
4 tiers were written By ex-NoY. FRANCIS 4.
Here, the antipoles, through the operation
of politics. which ls glTOVerblatly 80 If31ltc
I Of astounding surprises, become pa5aAels
I Coy, Nichols and John HiRpatEick, tnOngh
l seuarated bs a most respectable dlRtalSces
/ now tend the same Nay. Both are sollettltig
I Office for their friends az the hands % the
AlD AeN7AA
/ both BredieHtiug Of Alohnery the eseIeAyIng
OF the defuRet Wiitz's policy, lodges his
4 Gayeat, each alter AlS own DaIire, aghiust
! the Offices; Hltzpatriek, with ll9eee7nE
| haste, two hours before the de 7tsOrb DEATH
/ in nutseIng, eHncOuth terms sWaEkaJ ing the
deYisee, tlfTNsts his demand for 9 snare Of
! the plumber. lax-tFoy: Nichols att5r u De
1 cent delay, with infinitely more JWct and IN
/ very same thing, Coy. AcEDery granted
! neither eBe nor the other OF these petit ons.
To-dsy we md BOSS John EitzpatElek' the
! stoutest Of the Bag tOur, running moi
! only ona line parallel, but, indeed. in leash,
| with ex-GaRelpor Nichols.
/ 10 change the metaphor, Fitzpatrick Is the
| keystone OF the arch 81 that WpnuT0lls 'tBlg
| -FOUR nTidge0Yer which Nichols mast pass
or fall In the ditch, on his journey IN guest
| Of the Governors Office.
NOW, Eitz,, one question: Where wauld
YBn be at this hour, and what wU5lld son ye
! doing for 4ieEnsTy If he hahRppplHsed your
itrienfiS 10 office az you, on the highway mani
! stand-and-aeiIyer style, demanded OF him
tive hours before the noble VIII had ceased
/ And yOIl, Gen. Nichols, Il 8IGEDerg had
i appointed the friends IN whoa FOU lei
I much interest I'VE quote your very words,
4 could YOU have travelled the whole stabe %
4 Louisiana back Rnd forth and UroBsWisg and
over AGAIN, these tlYe months pasa with q
e0terle 81 deHHpciat0Fy stump 0rat9rs, en-,
Isted ler ne Wal under your .fttR4ytt2s'
4 ''iSlue Banner ct Reform, shQutinz ia ca
/ egpbpnDus chorus the giories Of haTInang,
with incidental and eternal uampahOn Oi
Coy, BlcEnery and Of o full bali al Least o.
/ the Democratic parry, whose 3algatIpn sou
| fee a divine call 10 otherwise under 5le3
4 After q reasonable pause for greBlles thf
] StTts2 viii pleIhsps SAY, mat after 81, thE
4 matter with EitznaTief Is that knowing how
sweet il IS to be iu" Llayiutg bees therg
l.hinlbeh for q quartsr Uf q century, allf
dreading to be thrust ont ~ earn an homes
living, he grabs On to Ntoaotl8 with thI
tqnacity d thu drowning mRfI0A .cluEsh at /
sbr#W and Nlepolls aOnsnInRliF WF$tFg roi
being .oHt, hangB On to Fit coat tiii aus
because b4t2 being there, may pull ha
/ in"
I Both have tried Mei5nsry, Both failed X
fOTeGA diyg-HoW both pooling thelr issues,
with one p1sl, and q pull all tpgetleT, hQpt
10 drag BiclaAETy ont" And such Is tht
essence Of reform. politics.